Los Angeles City Council Candidate Adrin Nazarian poses for a portrait in the NoHo district in January. (Michael Blackshire / Los Angeles Times) The primary election for Los Angeles City Council District 2 in the east San Fernando Valley was packed with seven candidates seeking to fill the soon-to-be-open seat now held by Council President … Read more
Envelopes containing ballots are shown at a voting center in San Francisco. Political campaigns often tell stressed voters that their party will make life stable. (Jeff Chiu / Associated Press) Whether the attempted insurrection, the pandemic, the two assassination attempts on Donald Trump, or something else, there has been enough craziness since 2020 to warrant … Read more
How a single mom turned a converted school bus into a dreamy live-work haven in Ojai When Laura La Rue thinks about her life — from modeling for Elite Models at age 13 to living off the grid in a trailer — the 32-year-old tie-dye designer marvels at her quiet life today in Ojai, where … Read more
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next When trans woman and longtime comedian Harper Steele walked into a hostile-looking Oklahoma bar, what happened next shocked everyone. One fateful day in 1995, future Hollywood A-lister Will Ferrell, 57, arrived at New York’s NBC … Read more
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Sex Education star Reece Richards has claimed he was ‘pepper sprayed and thrown to the ground’ on September 4 when walking back from appearing in West End musical Hairspray. The star, who played Eugene on the hit Netflix show, claims … Read more
Donald Trump speaks at the White House during his presidency with his anti-labor secretary of Labor, Eugene Scalia, right, at his side. Who thinks his worker policies would be any better in a second term than they were in his first? (Associated Press) Donald Trump, in his determined effort to claim the mantle of friend … Read more
Installation view of Olafur Eliasson’s room-size light installation “Pluriverse assembly,” where ever-shifting arcs of light move across a black scrim, at the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA. (Olafur Eliasson) There are no secrets in Olafur Eliasson’s art. There are mysteries — plenty of them, piling enigma on top of inscrutability — but no secrets. He happily … Read more
Roni & Rhythm is an Israeli dancer-dog duo whose skillful duets on the dance floor have made them favorites on “America’s Got Talent.” (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) Roni Sagi and her dog Rhythm have always been in sync. Resting casually on the floor of a production room near the stage of “America’s Got … Read more
From left, Carol and Dave Clark in front of artist Ray Vasquez’s works exhibited in one of the micro-galleries they built. (Michael Blackshire/Los Angeles Times) Two years ago, Long Beach artist Dave Clark exhibited a small sculpture of his called “Together. Forever. Maybe. Regret” at the local Mantel Gallery — itself a small, repurposed Little … Read more
As Eric Roberts describes in his book “Runaway Train,” his fall from grace came a little bit at a time, then all at once. (Richard Shotwell / Invision / AP) On the Shelf Runaway Train By Eric RobertsSt. Martin’s Press: 304 pages, $30 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn … Read more
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